30% of All Cancer Deaths?

As always, an elephant in the room, starting with a cough, with gentle reassurances of better times and ending with pain, cancer is, in the words of Siddhartha mukherjee “the emperor of all maladies”. Having aped foreigners in all respects- attire, food and clothing, young Indians are turning to some of Europe’s more deadly vipers-nicotine. And, as we know, it doesn’t just affect the kid who does smoke but the others around them. According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 3,000 nonsmoking adults will die each year from lung cancer related to breathing secondhand smoke. An interesting article details the components of your average cigarette. Methanol-otherwise used as rocket fuel. Arsenic- (there doesn’t seem to be a purposeful use to it looking at the fact that it is poison). Cyanohydric acid-something to do with manufacturing. Smoke contains many more known elements but 16 of them cause cancer. As we see from the above facts it is clear that smoking of cigars must be banned as it the one of the main reasons for carcinoma that takes the soul of many.

Whoa! Seeing it takes us six hours to completely digest our food comprising sugars and fat, it isn’t seemingly ridiculous to consider the fact that your smoke is over in three minutes. And it does take its toll. You are incinerating along with a few years of your life, your teeth, your bones, the ozone layer and the life of that hardworking kid on the street making a living. There are the advertisements, a smoke a day throw your life away. Superstar Rajinikant said no to smoking on the silver screen after having been asked by the then health minister. All having been said and done, the fact remains that youngsters are being exposed to the hooded menace in various forms. It was found that twenty percent of schools in Delhi are in close proximity to a beedi and cigarette seller. Rules are being flouted as always. It is prohibited to sell any form of addicting material to minors. Another interesting fact is that many countries including Ireland, Israel, India and others have banned advertising related to smoking. Another frequently mentioned cause for cancer is air pollution which is very common in a hugely populated country as India.

The most dreadful disease in this world is Cancer. Cancer is a disease which is caused by the uncontrolled multiplication of the cells in a particular part of the body in the beginning stage. Depending on the part of the body the cancer is of various types. When this uncontrolled growth happens in the lungs it is called lung cancer. Instead of developing into a normal healthy lung tissue, it divides and form lumps and masses of tissues called tumors. These tumors interfere with the normal functioning of the lung. All four types of cell in lungs have equal prevalence. The main reason for lung cancer is due to long term smoking. Second hand smoking also contributes to it to non-smokers. The symptoms of it are constant coughing (sometimes with blood), chest pain and shortness of breath. The treatment methods are Surgery, Radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Most patients who suffer with this disease die within a year of diagnosis. Normally cancer is a dangerous disease. If it is diagnosed then full treatment should be given to make sure that the disease is completely eradicated from our body

Lung cancer is a disease caused by the repetitive multiplication of cells in the lungs. When lung cancer is diagnosed many tests are made to determine if these cells have spread only within the lungs or it has spread to other parts of the body also. The process used to find this is Lung cancer staging. The result of this process gives the stage of the disease. Based on the type of cancer cells different types of treatments are possible. One new method is PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY, in which a special drug kills the cells when exposed to light. Another new technique is LOBECTOMY which is the process of removing the part of the lung which is affected to get rid of the cancerous tissues. PNEUMONECTOMY is a procedure in which the lung is taken out because it has been affected by cancerous tissues. For most of the cases PNEUMONECTOMY gives the best chance for staying alive longer and possibly getting better. There are other methods also such as Surgery Chemotherapy and Radiation.

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in United States and also in the world. It causes about 30% of all cancer deaths. It will kill more people than breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer, liver cancer and kidney cancer etc,.  It kills nearly twice as many women as breast cancer. As we all know Smoking is the major cause for this disease. When you stop smoking your lungs go back to the normal state only after ten years which was considered as a myth. But the original truth is the lungs never go back to the normal state, instead most former smokers remain at elevated risks of getting lung cancer. The only way to defeat this disease is by preventing it from ever happening. The preventing ways are STOP SMOKING if you are a smoker. Make your environment smoke free. Since prevention is better than cure prevent lung cancer.  But the chance of getting out of cancer is very less and usually it is a rare case to live more than five years after the diagnosis

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